2019 Cricket World Cup Schedule, Starting Date, Venue

The 2019 Cricket World cup will be hosted by England and Wales, from 30 May to 15 July 2019. This will be the 12th Cricket World Cup competition, and the fifth time it will be held in England and Wales, following the 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 World Cups. 2019 Cricket Worldcup schedule.

The first match will be played at The Oval while the final will be played at Lord’s. The 10-team-tournament has gained much criticism due to the lack of associate teams in the tournament, but the ICC plan to keep the competition at just 10 teams. Australia are the defending champions.

Qualification

The 2019 World Cup will feature 10 teams, a decrease from previous World Cups in 2011 and 2015 which featured 14 teams. The hosts England, and the top seven other teams in the ICC rankings (comprising the ten full members and two associate members), as of 30 September 2017, will earn automatic qualification with the remaining two spots being decided by the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Bangladesh.

This also means that at least 2 Test playing nations will play in the qualifying tournament and therefore a Test nation could miss the World Cup for the first time.

Means of Qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation			1	England
ICC ODI Championship	30 September 2017	Various	7
2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier	1 March – 4 April 2018	Bangladesh	2
Total			10

Current Ranking Table

	ICC ODI Ranking V.T.E
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	51	6023	118
2	South Africa	52	6024	116
3	New Zealand	42	4691	112
4	India	49	5441	111
5	England	54	5804	107
6	Sri Lanka	56	5657	101
7	Bangladesh	30	2840	95
8	Pakistan	51	1555	89
9	West Indies	33	2919	88
10	Afghanistan	26	1341	52
11	Zimbabwe	46	2112	46
12	Ireland	20	834	42
	Reference: ICC Ranking	16 Oct 2016

Venue	City	County team	Capacity
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	Warwickshire	25,000
County Cricket Ground	Bristol	Gloucestershire	17,000
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	Glamorgan	15,643
Riverside Ground	Chester-le-Street	Durham	20,000
Headingley	Leeds	Yorkshire	17,500
Lord’s	London	Middlesex	28,000
The Oval	London	Surrey	23,500
Old Trafford	Manchester	Lancashire	22,000
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	17,001
Rose Bowl	Southampton	Hampshire	25,000
County Ground	Taunton	Somerset	8,500

Dates – 30 May – 15 July 2019

Administrator(s) – International Cricket Council

Cricket Format – One Day International

Tournament Format – Round-robin and Knockout

Host(s) –

• England
• Wales

Participants – 10

Matches Played – 48